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Our Board of Directors has extensive knowledge of Sandy Springs and its resources. Offering great insight and perspective into potential solutions to our opportunities, they represent the essential building blocks to guide SSEF in creating collaborative partnerships to address the needs of youth in Sandy Springs.

Irene Schweiger
Executive Director
Twenty plus years of active community school advocacy in Sandy Springs public schools

Board of Directors

Member Position Currently affiliated with:
Dr. Ava Wilensky Chair Co-founder & Principal of Core InSites (consultancy for nonprofit organizations)
Carolyn Axt Vice Chair Executive Director of Leadership Sandy Springs, Board member, Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce and Education Committee
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Julia Bernath Vice Chair Vice President of Fulton County School Board
Karen Niese Tompkins Secretary Real Estate Agent, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Rachel Perling Treasurer Accountant - Birnbrey, Minsk, Minsk & Perling, LLC
Linda Bain Board Member Executive Director of The Sandy Springs Conservancy
Tamara Carrera Board Member Executive Director of Community Action Center Sandy Springs & Dunwoody
Carolyn Dinberg Board Member Vice President and Associate General Counsel with Intercontinental Hotels Group
Alejandro Figueiras Board Member Vice President of Business Development, Energy Integrated Solutions
Demetria Lane Board Member Centralized Sales Associate, The Coca Cola Company
Lorie Lewis Board Member Teacher, The Legacy School
Dr. Marlene MacLeish Board Member Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine
Susie McDaniel Board Member Owner/Director of Learning Rx and Physical Therapist
Melanie Noble-Couchman, LCSW  Board Member Retired business executive, co-founder of Couchman & Noble Foundation
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Bruce Piefke Board Member President of Special Events Network
Dick Sorenson Board Member Program Manager at ITK Solutions Group
Julie Stanwick Board Member Founder, CMO and Business Development Officer of The Marketing Principles, Inc.

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